Table of Features - Ultimate & Advanced Editions

d The table below show a comparison of the features available in the Ultimate & Advanced Editions of RCM Desktop. Expand any feature to link to a detailed full-page description. Click on the video link (where available) to see how to use this feature. ​The star ratings against each feature show which are the best features for time-saving when facilitating....

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U This feature is included in the Ultimate Edition onlyUA This feature is included in the Ultimate and Advanced EditionsUAI This feature is included in the Ultimate, Advanced and Intermediate EditionsUAIB This feature is included in the Ultimate, Advanced, Intermediate and Basic Editions

RCM Desktop Ultimate Edition provides a form for entering and running SQL queries against the RCM database. SQL queries can be stored and retrieved for later use - more detail

U ​ ⭐⭐⭐⭐​​Report Writer

Time-saving rating....

RCM Desktop Ultimate Edition allows you to create your own reports or customise the built-in reports using a powerful, developer's report writer - more detail

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐​​​Decision Logic: Validation

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RCM Desktop automatically checks whether the Decision Logic Question Responses for each Failure Mode are valid (ie if they are consistent with the Decision Logic) - more detail

This means that the Facilitator can see instantly at any time which Failure Modes do not have Valid Responses

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐​​Special Advanced Facilitator View

Time-saving rating....

The Facilitate tab of the analysis editor window provides RCM facilitators with advanced productivity and ease-of-use features that enable facilitator to enter information "live" during analysis meetings.

The Facilitate view has many advanced features to permit rapid data entry and instant navigation within the RCM analysis. RCM Desktop provides the user with a great degree of control over how and what information is presented in the Facilitate tab - more detail

To save time (and many mouse clicks!), double-click on "Y" or "N" for any decision logic question and RCM Desktop automatically answers all preceding questions for you - more detail

The video shows this in action.

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐​​​Live Spell Check & Auto Correction

Time-saving rating....

Checks your spelling as you type with quick correction. Auto-correct spelling as you type is an extremely useful tool for defining time-saving shortcuts - more detail

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐​​Worth Doing Calculator

Time-saving rating....

RCM Desktop has an advanced calculator for economic worth-doing calculations. The calculator even works "in reverse" so that it can calculate break-even MTBFs if the actual figure is not known - more detail

The calculator also produces a mini report automatically that can be pasted into the supporting comments.

Using the buttons in the "Analysis Navigator" and a built-in 'drag & drop' facility any analysis functions, functional failures and failure modes (including everything below the level selected) can be instantly moved or copied within the analysis or to another analysis - more detail

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐​​​Decision Logic: Display

Time-saving rating....

​RCM Desktop Advanced & Ultimate Editions allows you to display the decision logic and zoom into the relevant box quickly in full view of each group member. This allows the facilitator to instantly remind and focus the group on the decision logic questions - more detail

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐​​Links to Photos & Drawings

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Link photographs and drawings to the analysis. They can be viewed within RCM Desktop during meetings and can be included in the audit report. - more detail

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐⭐​​User-Defined Reports

Time-saving rating....

Run additional reports (new or customised built-in reports) that have been written by users of the Ultimate Edition - more detail

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐​​Links to External Documents

Time-saving rating....

Link external documents/manual to the analysis. These documents can be opened directly from RCM Desktop​​​ - more detail

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐​​Advanced Failure-finding Formulae

Time-saving rating....

Advanced calculators for determining intervals of failure-finding tasks for voting systems and when the task can cause failure - more detail

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐​​Analysis Check-out / Check-in

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Check out an analysis from the central RCM database. Work on it while you are away from base. Then check it back into the central RCM database when you return - more detail

UA ​ ⭐⭐⭐​​Advanced Spell Check

Time-saving rating....

Check the spelling of text in any part of an analysis (in any language for which dictionaries are available) - more detail

RCM Desktop allows the user to describe fully the maintenance tasks: long description of the task, safety precautions, materials and tools required, task duration and details of any supporting documentation - more detail

UAI ​ ⭐⭐⭐​Basic Spell Check

Time-saving rating....

Check the spelling of text in any part of an analysis (in any language for which dictionaries are available) - more detail

Easily copy an entire RCM analysis - this is particularly useful for using an analysis as a template for another analysis on a similar asset - more detail

UAI ​ ⭐⭐​​Import & Export RCM Analyses

Time-saving rating....

RCM Desktop allows the user to export RCM analyses to send to other user's databases and also import RCM analyses from other user's databases - more detail

​UAI ​ ⭐⭐⭐​Fault-finding Guide

Time-saving rating....

Easily create and print an equipment fault-finding guide (based on failure mode symptoms and alarms). This is particularly useful for diagnosing failure modes on complex equipment - more detail

UAI ​ ⭐⭐​Asset Hierarchy

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Maintain list of assets in hierarchical form and link the assets to their RCM analyses - more detail

UAI ​ ⭐⭐⭐​Criticality Assessment

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The RCM facilitator may assess and record the Criticality of each Failure Mode and the Priority of each Maintenance Tasks that may be associated with it. The criticality assessment is customisable to align with the user's criticality matrix and maintenance task priority matrix - more detail

​UAI ​ ⭐⭐​Record Significant Findings

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RCM Desktop allows the user to record findings separately that are especially noteworthy or extremely significant. These are printed on their own page in the audit report - more detail

UAI ​ ⭐​Analysis Properties: Assumptions, Boundaries, Glossary

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For each RCM analysis, users can record the assumptions made, boundaries of the analysis and a glossary of terms used - more detail

​UAI ​ ⭐​Analysis Diary

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For each RCM analysis, users can keep a diary of all analysis activity and events - more detail

​UAI ​ ⭐​Track Analysis Status

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For each RCM analysis, users can set analysis status to track progress - this is particularly useful when managing large RCM projects. Choose from user-defined list - more detail

UAI ​ ⭐​Record Queries & Actions

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RCM Desktop allows the user to keep track of any unanswered questions and record the answers when known. Questions and actions can be assigned to group members keeping track of the "To-do" list - more detail

​UAI ​ ⭐​Record Documentation Errors

Time-saving rating....

Record and print details of errors in drawings and other documentation - more detail

UAI ​ ⭐​Company Information (including logo)

Time-saving rating....

Enter your company name, address and logo for use on built-in reports - more detail

Users can define their own RCM decision or task selection logic or algorithm. The software comes with several "standard" ones already to use and it is likely that one of them will meet your requirements - more detail

​UAIB​ ⭐⭐⭐​Functions, Functional Failures

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Function text and functional failure text can be entered quickly - the function and functional failure references are added automatically - more detail

Much of the data in RCM Desktop is displayed using a powerful grid view. This is a very powerful way to 'slice & dice' the data in the RCM database and display it in a format that can be printed via user-definable WYSIWYG reports - more detail

An easy-to-use tool is provided to (manually or automatically) backup the RCM database to any device at any time without having to shut down the program or disconnect from the database. The user can manually restore from a backup if disaster strikes - more detail

UAIB​​ ⭐​Analysis Properties: Comments, Facilitator, Group Members

Time-saving rating....

For each RCM analysis, users can record free-form comments and the names of the facilitator and the review group members - more detail

UAIB​​ ⭐⭐​Symptoms & ​Alarms

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Symptoms and alarms can be recorded against individual failure modes. These are used to produce the Fault Finding Guide report - more detail.